Improvement in wash-stands



N. 0. BOND. Wash-Stands.

' No. 197,714. 7 Patented Dec. 4, 1877.

7 WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

NATHAN O. BOND, OF FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH -STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,714, dated December4, 1877; application filed October 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN'O. BOND, of

Fairfax Court-House, in the county of Fairin g drawings, andto lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section ofvalve-chambers, and Fig. 3 a plan view of bowl and reservoir.

This invention has relation to wash-stands; and the novelty consists inconstructing a wash-bowl with a valve-chamber having suitable inlet andoutlet openings, all formed in one piece.

It further consists in placing the bowl, constructed as above, beside areservoir, which is connected therewith by a tube made of rubber or someother suitable material, thus forming a part of the wash-stand.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the wash'stand, and A the bowl,made of earthen, terracotta, or any other suitable material, to one sideof which is attached a piece, B, provided with the valve-chambers B G.

' In constructing the washbowl the valvechambers B G are formedtherewith, thereby making the article in one piece, which may be made ina mold or struck up'in any of the wellknown ways of forming earthenware.

By uniting or forming the valve'chambers with the wash-bowl, all seamsand joints are avoided.

The valve-chambers B 0, near their lower ends, are provided withopenings 1) b, which establish communication with the horizontal passageD. In the chamber 0, .above the valve 0, is an opening, a, whichconnects with a supply-pipe, E, and conducts the water from thereservoir to the wash-bowl.

F is the reservoir, made in the upper part of the wash-stand, and isprovided with a lid having an opening, K, about the same size as theinside of the mouth of the wash-bowl, and immediately over the latter,so that the resmaterial, and which is provided with a groove,

k, which receives a flange, l, on the inside of the chamber C, to holdthe stopper or plug e in place. The plug 6, being elastic, needs only tobe'forced into place by pressing upon it;

and it may be readily withdrawn to remove the valve 0 when it isnecessary to make repairs.

f f represent the connecting-rods, with valves, for the purpose ofopening and closing the same. h h. are the pressr-knobs, which may bescrewed or unscrewed at will; and i i, the spiral springs used for thepurpose of throwing the valves into position.

. The stem-valves cl 0 establish the water communication by operatingthe valves. The

water communication is established between the inlet and outlet openingsto the bowl. The valve (1 is operated for the purpose of dischargingthewater.

It will be observed that the opening in the valve-chambers is on a linewith the bottom of the wash-bowl. The bowl A is placed beside thereservoir F, and its discharge-valve leads to the receptacle G, in whichan ordinary utensil is placed for the purpose of receiving thewaste-water.

The covered reservoir F has a shoulder, m, for the purpose of acting asa support or rest to the bowl A, as shown in Fig.- 1.

Operation: To let water into the wash-bowl,

the spring stem-valve c is depressed so that the valve will pass belowthe mouth of the opening (1, thereby allowing the water to flow freelyfrom the water-supply to the bowl.

When it is desired to discharge the used water in the bowl the springstem-valve d is depressed, which throws the valve from its seat, andallows the water to escape at the bottom of the chamber B.

After the hand has been removed from the knobs, the valves are returnedto their normal position by means of springs M. 7

Having thus described my invention, what 2. The combination, with awash-bowl, of

the valve-chambers B 0, provided with spring stem-valves c d, and inletand outlet waterpassages b 11, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a wash-stand, the covered reservoir F,

in combination with a wash-bowl, A, having valves 0 d,and pipe E,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In combination with a wash-stand having the reservoir F and wash-bowlA, the

.va1ve-chambers 0', having the internal flange l and the flaring plug 6,provided with the groove 70, substantially asset forth.

a NATHAN O. BOND. Witnesses:

THOS. D. D. OUR-AND, SAML. R. TURNER.

